The age of marriage here in the Southern Regions is generally earlier than that in the Northland, and although Mrs. Lou Shao has been married for more than two years, she is only sixteen years old.

I don't know why, Shen Li always felt an unusual sense of familiarity with this young lady Lou who was about the same age as himself. Different from the soft and delicate dress here in the Southern Regions, the other party combs a simple and neat high-spine bun, and the jewelry is only sporadically dotted with a few round and full South China Sea pearls, a plain goose egg face has no fat powder at all, two thin eyebrows are slightly raised, and a pair of eyes are as comfortable as Sanjiang Qingbo.

Of course, this is a bit of a regional view, but Shen Li always feels that his intuition is not only in this.

The two of them greeted each other, and it was a bit of a coincidence, the two of them coincidentally wore a honey-colored cloud satin blouse today, but Shen Li wore a flower phoenix gold mud skirt with a yarn thread of the same color, and Mrs. Lou's was a blue gold skirt.

Young Mrs. Lou took her hand and looked at it carefully, Fang pursed her lips and smiled: "Sure enough, it is a rare beauty, I heard that the Shen Mansion specializes in beauties, and it is only a rumor." Now that I saw it, I realized that the rumors were true. ”

"My sister made fun of me like this, I don't know how to reply." Shen Li saw that the other party's words were sincere, but it was not good to praise them back with words. You can't always praise how the other party's appearance stands out, but it looks boring.

The only people who waited in the house were the green apricots and black leaves, and the rest were waiting outside the curtain.

After drinking tea and seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Mrs. Lou sighed, looked sideways at Shen Li, and bent her eyes into two crescents: "I came in a hurry today, so I didn't make trouble for Mrs. ”

Shen Li hurriedly waved his hand: "No, my sister was personally invited by my father-in-law, how can it be said that it is causing chaos." Speaking of which, I didn't have much experience myself, but my sister was so tired that she made this trip. ”

Mrs. Lou lowered her head embarrassedly when she saw Shen Lizhen, and couldn't help laughing: "It's all like this, Madame has only been married for a long time, and there is no serious princess in the house." Even though I was led by my mother-in-law at the time, the first few times I went out, I was also trembling. For fear of saying something wrong and adding jokes to others. ”

After she finished speaking, she saw that Shen Li was still a little restrained, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. A good girl, who could have been free and free, but she fell into the shackles of such a family. Fortunately, fortunately, the eldest prince is a good man. Although they have only been married for a long time, they have already seen that they are very caring for the new lady.

The former eldest prince was silent, but after becoming a parent, he became much more cheerful day by day. Even her father-in-law sighed a lot about this, who would have thought that this political marriage would unexpectedly fit the mind of the eldest prince!

couldn't bear the embarrassment, Mrs. Lou glanced at the two maids next to her. The two of them were busy and quietly retreated.

Seeing this, Qing Xing over there looked at Shen Li, and also opened the curtain with Wu Qi and went out.

Shen Li waited until Qingxing and the others led the people who were waiting outside, and then said slowly: "Sister, do you have something to say?" ”

Mrs. Lou took her hand and smiled slightly: "I came today, not only because I was entrusted by the eldest prince. In fact, there are a few thoughtful words to say to Madame. ”

Shen Li's eyes widened slightly, a little surprised. "Huh?"

"Actually, I saw Madame before today, but Madame was very busy at the time, and I am afraid that she didn't pay much attention to the surroundings, so she didn't pay attention to me."

Shen Li was really a little stunned this time, one of them was in the north and the other was in the south, how did they come to meet each other. She stared at Mrs. Lou again and looked at it carefully, racking her brains without any traces in her mind, so she had to say embarrassedly: "I have been in Yunzhou and rarely go out." I only went on a trip with my family three years ago, but it was only a few months. Yunzhou, I am sure that I have never seen my sister, could it be that I have been out for a few months? ”

"Exactly!" Mrs. Lou nodded with a smile, "Madame grew up in the Northland, so she must have felt something about me just now." ”

Shen Li's heart jumped, remembering his intuition and guess just now. She glanced at Mrs. Lou and said cautiously, "Isn't my sister also from the North?" ”

Wu Qian said that Mrs. Lou was from Bazhou, which is at the junction of the Southern Regions and Zhongzhou, and with Shen Li's perception just now combined with Wu Qi's words before, Bazhou is obviously a good excuse.

It belongs to the Southern Regions, but is close to the Northlands. Moreover, Mrs. Lou is a female dependent, so she rarely goes out, and there are few opportunities for outsiders to see her. Therefore, even if some people think that Mrs. Lou's words have some northland characteristics, they will definitely not think much about it.

It's just that she and Mrs. Lou have only officially met for half an hour, even if the eldest son and the young lady of the Lou family are best friends, can they be so frank and direct and unguarded?

Shen Li was a little confused, didn't he say that the noblewoman's communication was to ask you to come and drink tea several times, and talk about clothes and jewelry several times before you got started?

"I'm actually from the Li family in Tianshui, Xuzhou, but it's not a branch of the branch, it's just a side branch." Mrs. Lou said slowly, and there was no fluctuation in her expression, but there was a hint of banter and vague nostalgia in her heroic eyebrows.

Mrs. Lou said directly, and the words fell into Shen Li's ears, but it was tantamount to a burst of thunder.

Xuzhou Tianshui Li clan, one of the eight surnames of the founding of the Eastern Dynasty.

The Eastern Dynasty was established, and Taizu and the other seven surnames made an appointment to guard the world together.

The Xu family is the emperor, Gu and Lu Wangjue are hereditary, except for the Rong family who took the initiative to retire and the Meng family who focused on the clear stream of the academy, the rest has always been the head center of Yanjing's political activities.

The Li family, even if it is a side branch, is also a side-catching existence. Shen Li didn't hide his complicated expression anymore, "Madame, isn't she too honest with me?" ”

Mrs. Lou smiled slightly, not at all disgusted by Shen Li's expression. She got up and walked to the window, as if she was looking at the autumn colors of the courtyard, but her expression was getting distant. "Speaking of which, the first time I met my wife should have been in Xichun Tower in Fengnan County, Xuzhou three years ago. At that time, although my wife was young, she was able to confront a group of students who could speak well, but she was able to be meticulous and hide her edge step by step, forcing them to be speechless, which really made me and others admire. It was also after returning home that my uncle finally decided to settle my relationship with the Nanyu Lou family. ”

Three years ago, in Xichun Tower, Shen Li stood up with his hands on the table. Yes, if it's for that, it can really have a relationship with the Southern Regions. She was young and vigorous at that time, relying on her senior brother by her side and Rong Yin behind her to protect her, and she had to step forward to argue a few words if she disagreed. It was only when he heard that the group of people who had no one in their eyes, frequently spouted wild words, and slandered the border passes and the Southern Regions soldiers at will, that he was angry and blocked them fiercely in words.

Anyway, the Eastern Dynasty has long been a gate valve and a family in charge, and the monarch is not a monarch or a minister, and there are not only the Southern Regions and Yanjing. At least the Southern Regions are still doing their best to guard the border country, which is much better than those gate valve families who are only bent on fighting for power and profit for the family.

For that strong show, the senior brother was tired by her and was reprimanded by Uncle Rong. Although she didn't feel that she had done something wrong, she still felt guilty about her senior brother for a long time.

"It's a bit offensive, but when the Ministry of Rites gave the portrait of the lady to the Zhennan Palace, I happened to be there. Madame was already outstanding, and she was too impressed by me in Xuzhou back then, so when I saw me, I recognized Madame as the girl who was fighting with her tongue that day. Although my wife has never seen me, I regard her as an old friend. We are in equal fortunes, and we are both trapped by the political trade-offs of our families. It's just that I'm luckier than my wife. But now that the eldest prince is doing things, he knows that the blessing of his wife is still to come. ”

When Shen Li saw that the other party mentioned Gu Yun, he couldn't help but have a hot face, so he had to smile, "Sister Cheng Jiyan." ”

Mrs. Lou smiled and took a few steps over and took her hand, "I know that I can't believe everything I say now, the days are still very long, and Mrs. will wait and see." ”

The other party's words are frank and sincere, whether it is true or not, Shen Li is very grateful for her heart. "I still have something to worry about if I can get my sister's words. My sister will tell me the truth about the secret of her life. Based on this alone, I don't know what to do if I have any doubts. ”

Mrs. Lou didn't do much about it, after all, if she said too much, she would be weak to speak. "Then let's talk about the people that Madame will deal with at the banquet the day after tomorrow. The first one is Hu Shi, the wife of Liu Guangzhi, the assassin of Qingzhou and the town army; She was born in the Hu family of Dong'an Mansion in Luzhou, and was the leader of Yanjing officials' relatives in the Southern Regions. If you go to the banquet the day after tomorrow, this lady will definitely come to greet you. If Madame doesn't want to fall into the quagmire of the confrontation between Yanjing and the Southern Regions, just make a nodding friend. ”

Shen Li nodded, and asked again, "How is this lady's character?" ”

"A person who is soft and weak, who can fall when he sees the wind blowing." Mrs. Lou sat back and took a sip of tea, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.

"Ah, how did you follow such a delicate woman all the way to the Southern Regions?"

Seeing that she was stunned, Mrs. Lou covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, and raised her hand to point at her through the void. "You believe it too!"

Shen Li knew that the other party was joking, and sighed hurriedly: "My temperament is easy to take seriously, and my sister still teases me." ”

Seeing her annoyance, Mrs. Lou hurriedly stopped laughing and replied seriously: "You will know when you see people the day after tomorrow, why did I say this just now." It's just that from a big family like ours, I haven't seen any kind of beauty. Her little means are a bit inadequate for me. ”

Knowing that she was talking about the Li family's backyard, Shen Li also laughed.

Ordinary families, the intrigue in the backyard is by no means less than the emperor's harem, let alone the Li family. My sister continued.

"The rest that deserve your attention are the ladies of the Zhong family, the Wei family, and the side branches of the palace. But it's easy to deal with, and you don't have to worry about it. When she said this, a pair of shining eyes flew out a few wisps of "ill-intentioned" banter. "But there is one who will definitely come to you and touch the mold. Presumably, during the time you came to the Southern Regions, someone had already beaten the side drum. Zhong Qi in the Zhong family's room is the one who was once rumored to be engaged to our eldest son! ”